When you said you didn't like my poem you added, "Now you know how I feel when I show someone my socks."
But do your wear your socks like I wear my soul?
Wool, threaded and worn, much like cliches and silly love poems.
I can't buy a new one at Wal Mart. I can only live with one pair until one stops pumping on to the last thread, frayed with more conviction than the rushed mornings, the warming by the fireplace, the ode by Neruda, the searching for mismatched heart and soul, cheaper and uglier than a tie.
It's not like I could just put on a pair of white ankle highs and call it awesome.